[fpc-pascal] What to do to get new users

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sat, 16 Nov 2024, Hairy Pixels via fpc-pascal wrote:

> On Nov 16, 2024 at 7:24:01 PM, Michael Van Canneyt <michael at freepascal.org>
> wrote:
>
>> That said, the Free Pascal website is not about the pascal language.
>>
>> It is about the compiler. The GNU compiler or LLVM C compiler also do not
>> contain code on their website. Not that I would recommend their sites, but
>> these tools are used massively.
>>
>
> I could see that if it was a compiler for “Pascal” which was defined by
> some other group and you could reference them but it isn’t. FPC is a
> language in its own right and the compiler is the only place that
> implements it.

Really ?

You never heard of Delphi, ElevateWeb, Smart Mobile Studio, PascalScript, OxyGene ?
There are some others, can't recall the name. There is a Russian version,
called abcpascal or something similar.

They all implement "object pascal", as defined by Delphi.

FPC has some specific extensions, but overall it is 'just' object pascal.
And these extensions we document.

Don't misunderstand me, I'm all for promoting pascal. I'm just not sure the
FPC website is the right place to do it.

Michael.